Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Garden Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Village and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Garden Village
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Garden Village:
- 42.554736, -89.029277
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Garden Village
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Rock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rock County
- Since Garden Village is near Winnebago County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Garden Village ...
We found six communities that share the name Garden Village.
Within Wisconsin, the name Garden Village is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Garden Village lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Rock County.
- California
- San Mateo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Garden Village [San Mateo County].
- Indiana
- Elkhart County
- This Garden Village is located in Elkhart County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Garden Village that is located in Rock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elkhart County community of Garden Village.
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- This Garden Village is located in Pike County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Garden Village that is located in Rock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Garden Village.
- Ontario
- This Garden Village lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Garden Village that is located in Rock County.
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- This Garden Village is located in Marion County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Garden Village that is located in Rock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Garden Village.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Village ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Emerald Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Grove
- Emerald Grove is located in Rock County
- Foxhollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holiday Hills is located in Rock County
- Janesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Morehaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Porters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Stagecoach Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stagecoach Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Hills
- Stagecoach Hills is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Tiffany
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Victory Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
- Victory Heights is located in Rock County
How Far From Garden Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Garden Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garden Village and extending to:
- Janesville, which is the Seat of Rock County, lies just to the North.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Garden Village to Madison, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rock County: www.co.rock.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garden Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garden Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5547, Longitude: -89.0293 In this case, the coordinates for Garden Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Garden Village could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Garden Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.367 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.489 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.072 degrees. |